Child's katar decorated in gold

Lew · 19th July 2010, 10:30 PM

Very nice. It does seem to be made for a boy.

Congrats

laEspadaAncha · 20th July 2010, 01:23 AM

Thanks, Lew... I found my archived copy of the lot description. It was lot 238, described as follows:

"Second quarter of the 19th century. Overall length 33.3 cm. The sons of Indian nobility received training in arms and horsemanship from a very young age and not infrequently did to battle alongside their fathers with arms scaled to suit them."

Fairly similar in form to the one I acquired (though a couple inches longer in OAL). Here's a photo of the one from the auction:

Lew · 20th July 2010, 03:24 AM

Funny That katar resurfaced on ebay a few weeks ago but I did not get it.

The style seems to be one I often see on the bay and I think these are late 19th century. Yours seems older to me than 238.

laEspadaAncha · 20th July 2010, 03:53 AM

No kiddin'? If you still have it on your watch list & can post a link to the listing or PM me the item number, I'd appreciate it - I would be curious to see what it went for compared to its hammer price at AI.

Lew · 20th July 2010, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laEspadaAncha

No kiddin'? If you still have it on your watch list & can post a link to the listing or PM me the item number, I'd appreciate it - I would be curious to see what it went for compared to its hammer price at AI.

Read it and weep

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEDWX:IT

laEspadaAncha · 20th July 2010, 04:55 AM

Interesting - that's just about what the hammer price was at AI. Thanks for posting that, Lew...

19th July 2010, 10:30 PM	#1
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Very nice. It does seem to be made for a boy. Congrats

20th July 2010, 01:23 AM	#2
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	Thanks, Lew... I found my archived copy of the lot description. It was lot 238, described as follows: "Second quarter of the 19th century. Overall length 33.3 cm. The sons of Indian nobility received training in arms and horsemanship from a very young age and not infrequently did to battle alongside their fathers with arms scaled to suit them." Fairly similar in form to the one I acquired (though a couple inches longer in OAL). Here's a photo of the one from the auction:

20th July 2010, 03:24 AM	#3
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Funny That katar resurfaced on ebay a few weeks ago but I did not get it. The style seems to be one I often see on the bay and I think these are late 19th century. Yours seems older to me than 238.

20th July 2010, 03:53 AM	#4
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	No kiddin'? If you still have it on your watch list & can post a link to the listing or PM me the item number, I'd appreciate it - I would be curious to see what it went for compared to its hammer price at AI.

20th July 2010, 04:55 AM	#6
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	Interesting - that's just about what the hammer price was at AI. Thanks for posting that, Lew...